One of the unique components of the Meitav Program is that members come from all over North America.  In addition to our exclusive online listserv, which gives members access to regular articles and resources from Youth Programs Alumni, and other Jewish Professionals and Scholars, the Meitav Program has a unique conference call component that gives members the ability to interact with each other in a unique online community.  Below is a listing of our upcoming Conference Calls available to members in the Meitav Program.

Meitav Conference Call - Sunday February 10th - 5pm EST
Debbie Neiderman, the Acting Regional Educator for the Pacific Southwest Council will join us for the Meitav Conference call.  Specific Topic will be announced closer to the conference call.

Meitav Book Club - Thursday February 14th - 8:30pm EST
Guest Facilitator Rabbi Elisa Koppel will join us for an interactive discussion about the book, The Color of Water, by James McBride.  Members are encouraged to purchase and read the book before the conference call.  The book is available for purchase at Amazon.

Meitav Chevruta Series - First Three Tuesdays in March (3/4, 3/11, 3/18) @ 8pm EST
Rabbi Michael Mellen, Director of Youth Programs for the Union for Reform Judaism, will join us for a series of intensive text studies.

In addition to our conference calls, members also get the ability to register and participate in special events during the course of the year.  Below are a listing of upcoming events and programming for members in Meitav.

Religious Action Center's L'Taken Seminar - March 28-31
Meitav members get special access to the RAC's L'Taken Seminar.  This program, typically open only to congregations, allows Meitav members to attend as the Meitav community, so that students from congregations who do not attend are able to take part in this special event.  Members in Meitav also get a special $200 discount to attend this event, which is almost 50% off the general registration fee!

The RAC L'Taken Seminar is a weekend long program in Washington, DC that exposes students to the US Political Process, and Judaism's role in it.  Participants in the program cover a variety of topics during the course of the weekend, and learn about the Jewish values associated with these important topics.  The weekend culminates with students going to Capitol Hill and lobbying about the issues that are most important to them!

For more information about the RAC L'Taken Seminar, visit the RAC L'Taken website at http://www.rac.org/ltaken.

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion's HSLC - April 11-13
Meitav Members are automatically nominated to attend this event, held at HUC-JIR's Cincinnati Campus.  The High School Leadership Colloquim, is an opportunity for students to learn from some of the best faculty and scholars in the Reform Movement.

For more information about the HUC-JIR Youth Programs Department, visit their website at http://www.hucyouthprograms.org/

Kutz: NFTY's Campus for Reform Jewish Teens - June 24 - July 18
Meitav Members will have priority regisration for the "Advanced Leadership Seminar" which will be taugh at Kutz this coming summer. For more information about spending your summer at Kutz go to  http://www.kutz.urjcamps.org/

Mitvah Corps
Meitav Members get priority with regards to site preference for any of our six Mitzvah Corps sites this summer. For more information about the Union for Reform Judaism's Mitzvah Corps Program go to http://www.mitzvahcorps.org/